Norway
Norway is a vast and scenic country most famous for the phenonomen ‘Aurora Borealis’ or ‘Northern Lights.’ However unfortunately the country is a very expensive place. Expect to pay through the nose for the most basic of items especially food and drinks. Not for those with a light pocket.
- Location: Northern Europe
- Capital: Oslo
- Climate: Cold at best.
- Currency: Norwegian Krone (Nkr)
- Language: Bokmal and Nynorsk
- Related Link: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/norway
April 17, 2007 @ 9:34 am
tony reed said,
you obviously know nothing about Norway…
April 17, 2007 @ 9:35 am
tony reed said,
total bull****
June 20, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
carl said,
I think it’s a joke tony
June 21, 2007 @ 5:07 pm
Johnny Wellsmere said,
Very nice country, except for the prices. If you don’t have a lot of money,
best to keep moving. Can’t afford to eat or drink. OK if you are a multimillionaire.
July 17, 2007 @ 11:34 am
Dermot said,
Norway is spectacular
July 26, 2007 @ 4:54 am
turki said,
very nice country but do not go thier in winter!!!!
August 22, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
Bernard Hunt said,
See Norway, then die. Starve to death probably. Most expensive country in the world for travelers. If sidewalk stands didn’t offer those $US7 hot dogs we wouldn’t have made it. Hot dogs for breakfast, for lunch, and for dinner. A car for a week — well, sort of a motorized roller skate — cost $US660. And then they swindled me out of another 70 bucks because I didn’t have enough coins to feed one of their incessant toll plaza thingies. Oslo is a lovely city, the countryside and the fiords are spectacular and the people were charming in a rustic, Nordic, way. Bergen and its area were breathtaking. Was Norway worth it? My heart says yes. My wallet says no.
September 19, 2007 @ 9:03 am
tony reed said,
take a look… just see what Norway has got to offer….. There is more to life that 11 pints of lager (or bitter) a night…
February 3, 2008 @ 7:42 pm
cow said,
Norway is just too wealthy. You don’t really see Africans traveling to USA on holiday either. Just cause Norway is too expensive for the average american it shouldn’t be considered a poor destination
P.S. ooooo pretty light!!
April 27, 2008 @ 5:13 am
Ken Reynolds said,
The good stuff in Norway is free. They are not crooks, they don’t charge you to see a fjord! Stop at the small places for take away food. This food can be reasonably priced, you don’t have to eat at a fancy restaurant. Stay at youth hostels, they are comfortable, clean, and full of friendly people, and there is no age limit.
April 27, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
Kim Sikes said,
Norway is beautiful! I was there in 1980, as a result of being deployed to Denmark for a month. I few of us took the the Ferry boat and stayed in a Hostel there. The people were just fabulously nice, polite, proper and charming. It was like the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales that I read as a child… Yes, it IS a little spendy, but how can one put a price on ‘experience’… I just went for the adventure, and it was well worth it. I imagine the ‘pricey-ness’ would keep the rif-raff out, that’s good thing.
April 27, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
ken said,
Here’s another thing. A US Dollar used to buy 14 Norwegain Kroner, now it buys about 5. That makes things about three times as expensive for Americans as it used to be, without taking inflation into account. Is that their fault?
August 14, 2008 @ 12:25 am
Mia W said,
Rent a simple cabin with 4 beds in the mountains or countryside (from 300 crowns/night), cook your own food - they usually have a very simple “kitchen”. Use public transportation and your legs. And remember: All the best things in Norway are free, the mountains, the fjords, the sea, the clean air and all the wonderful wiews . If you want an urban holiday, go somewhere else!
August 14, 2008 @ 2:38 am
Limpiaparabrisas said,
Worst thing is the horrible food, except for the foreign restaurants in Oslo. The kitchen staff have little idea, particularly in West Norway. No fresh fish (apart from Bergen), and even in Aalesund, once the home of a giant fishing fleet, the last fresh fish shop closed in 2007. The fiords teem with cod and ling but you can’t buy fresh fish anywhere. Nor fresh bread. Only Stranda in county Møre and Romsdal has a bakery-cafe - here again, with unwelcoming personell, usually sour elderly women.
How do I know all this? Have holidayed in my summer cottage in the fiords the past 30 years …
August 14, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
Wilhelmsen said,
If you are rich like a Norwegian ( Norway is the richest contry in the world per person) it’s not a problem. But if you want cheap food ( like U.S.) Norway is not the contry.
:D
August 14, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
wilhelmsen said,
one more thing DO NOT TRY TO EAT TRADITIONAL NORWEGIAN FOOD (food from before the time of the oil rigs in the northern sea) it tase terible. I know this because im Norwegian.
August 16, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
Norwegian said,
I live in Norway, and yes it is expensive.
About the myth about cold weather is wrong. Its normally around 30 degrees Celsius (about 90 degrees Fahrenheit (I think)) in the summer, but some places it gets at below -30 degrees Celsius in the winter…
August 19, 2008 @ 12:09 am
Torben said,
The cold weather is not a myth. I LIVE in Norway and it is almost never as hot as 30 degrees C. It is also huge differences in temperature between north and south and mountains and lowlands. In summer when weather is nice the temperature may reach 25-30 degrees at best, when the weather is bad (and that is very often) it may be as low as 5-10 degrees in the north and around 15 in the south.
September 4, 2008 @ 5:34 am
Maren said,
It depends on where in Norway you live… It is very cold in the winter in north, but not so cold in the south.
September 16, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
Annie said,
Well, well…… Some people are never satisfied, no matter if they got everything for free!!!
I am a norwegian myself, but I have lived in the US the last years. When it comes to prices, it is more expencive in Norway…However, the prices in the US the last years has gone up a LOT! Food is almost as expencive over here now as it is in Norway. Some food are actually more expencive!!! IF you go out to eat over here, it is cheaper, but that has also gotten more expencive. Clothes, electronics and other items are almost the same price here as in Norway, wether you believe it or not! When it comes to the weather….yes on an average, it is warmer here. But…..where I live, the winters are MUCH colder and with a freezing wind I have never experienced in my life, and I grew up in northern Norway!! Summer is nice….when it isnt humid…..and believe me, almost all summer is very very humid..so you sit inside with your AC on, and what good is that. Then you have the extreme weather with hurricane, thundestorms, icestorms, powerouts, etc etc. That is just the way it is, Norway can have bad weather, but the US can have some pretty nasty weather as well!!
I love Norway, and I also love the US, 2 different countries with good and bad just as every other country in this world!!
November 27, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
Joey said,
I was just wondering, as I was thinking of becoming a nanny in Norway….is 4500 NOK enough to live on? I will not be paying rent or for food…Just travelling (and i would like to travel as much as possible. but i have friends in amsterdam and ireland.) and clothes and entertainment.
January 1, 2009 @ 8:59 am
Answer to Joey said,
No i wont bee enough, if you want too drink beer. It also depends on what you have too pay in rent. But if the rent is included, you might make it, but you wont have a lot too spend.
But if you are a nanny in Norway for 4500 NOK that is werey low payed. So if i were you i would have asekd for an alowens, or more pocketmoney from the family.
If the rent is included in the job i would say that you make it fine in Norway for 8000 NOK a mounth. Then you also can drink some beer.
Ps. If you are American or from the Euro zone, the Krone has weekend itself ALOT against Dollar an Euro. So the prices has droped for you people now about 20 - 30 % the last 3 mounths. So just this artikkel doesnt count anymore!!! COME WISIT US!!!!
January 1, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
Morten said,
You don’t have to pay tips in Norway
An American will proabably think that the portion of food in restaurants in Norway are small. On the other hand, the portions you get in restaurants in the US is ridiculously large and not healthy for you in the long run…
Norway don’t have those silly 0.25 cl soda bottles you get other places in Europe. It’s Minimum 0.35 in Norway.
Perfume, CD’s, DVD’s, electronics, clothing is for the most part the same price. Perfume is actually a bit cheaper in Norway.
If you for some reason need to buy food / drink other groceries ( not restaurant meal ) go to one of the supermarkets ( Rema 1000, Rimi, Prix, Kiwi,Mega, Meny, Ica ) don’t go to 7/11, Narvesen or gaz stations ( Typical 24/7 shops are expensive in Norway. Basically twice as expensive as a normal supermarket. ) As long as the supermarkets are open, use them. It’s only fools that buy groceries from the typical 24/7 outlets. Supermarkets are generally open weekdays from 10:00 - 22:00.
January 1, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
Morten said,
That Norway is so expensive is total bull, by the way.
Have you guys ever been to Paris for instance ? Or Moscow ? Or Tahiti ?
January 8, 2009 @ 4:14 am
Dan said,
It depends how u see things. It isn’t so much more expensive in Norway, than the rest of the european countries. And have u ever been at Iceland ? Then we talk expensive.
Hotelcosts…..about the same prices there as it is in the other countries.
And the nature in Norway……yes, its worth it. U will never forget the fjords, the mountains, the midnight sun, even the weather u will remember.
January 18, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Rafal said,
I live in Norway and it is not such cold us may You think. Of course if cold for You is 70F… then I recommend You not move from equador
In my definition Norway is not cold it has average climate (which means perfect for me). More You can find here: http://zoom-in-norway.blogspot.com/2009/01/myth-nr-1-in-norway-is-cold.html